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SPORTS—RECORDS MAY FALL IN PENN'S BIG RELAY CARNIVAL STARTING TOMORROW
BOOKS ON SALE
FOR LOCAL GAMES
Up to Fans to Make Successful
Game Certainty; Large
Sale Necessary
If you are not going to join the
army do the next best thing. Buy
■a-hasehall book.
If you expect to get into war buy
a book just the same. Somebody
else will be able to use it. Help along
a good cause.
A large sale of books means suc
cess for the New York State League
game in Harrisburg this season. The
books came out yesterday and are in
charge of Secretary Frank Seiss.
They arc not expensive, and cost $lO
each.
These books are transferable. Any
number of persons may use the book
for one game. When the coupons
'are all used another book may be
purchased for the same price. It is
the desire t sell at least 300 books
in Harrisburg and vicinity.
El intra Sets Pace
Recently in a three cam
paign tit Elnvira members of the
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club
and citizens in general sold" 600
books. Men and women canvassed
the city in the interest of Jimmy
Jacksoii's team. Harrisburg has a
larger population than Elmira and
the general belief is that the book
campaign here ought to reach the
limit expected.
Manager Cockill came to the city
yesterday and closed a contract for
iini forms. White suits will be worn
jit home and gray uniforms abroad.
There will be sweaters and coats to
match and in addition Manager
Cockill hopes to spring a surprise in
the appearance of the team when the
season opens here May 8.
A pormising young catcher was
signed yesterday. Pixie Carroll is
his name and he comes from the
Providence team of the International
League. He sent him to Lewisburg
and the boy got Into the game in the
afternoon. Two other stars are un
der option with the local leader.
COI'GHXIX RELEASES YETS
Scranton. April 26. Manager
Bill Coughlin, of the local New York
State League team, announced that
he had unconditionally released In- j
fielder Bill Cranston and Outfielder 1
Bill Sloan. Cranston is the Avoca
boy who has seen many years' serv- j
ice" in the New York State League,
and performed at second part of last
season for the Miners. With the
signing of Joe Lloyd, the Pottsville
boy. whom Coughlin bought from,
the Tacoma club, of the Northwest- i
em League, there is no room for
Cranston. Conghlte has purchased !
Del Drake from tho Barons and he
will play right field.
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Trousers at $2.50 to $3.50
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Copyright, 191", The Tribune Association (New York Tribune).
A Fan of tlic Old Regime
He was what you might call a Kan of the Old Regime. He was a con
firmed delegate to Hooters' How over twenty years ago—back when
and Wagner were just breaking in-—-when big Ed Delehanty was tearing
down fences and Willie Keeler was piking along around .372.
The first time we ran across him was back in 1903. when Mafhewson
smashed all world series records by pitching three shutouts in a row against
one cf the hardest-hitting clubs oi" the game. He was then nearly forty—
and that was twelve campaigns ago. Rut he looked to be something under
thirty.
For his devotion to sport—the game that belongs to Youth—had held him
young. He was following play—r-and in doing so he had forgotten to grow
old. •
.Last spring, when he had passed fifty, he had still forgotten that Time
had been checking off the hours and days. He looked to be under fcorty.
"Old?" he said. "Why. fifty isn't old. There's Hans Wagner out there at
forty-two, still, showing up most of these intielders around twenty-five.
And l.arry at forty looks like a kid. Fifty may be old if you work in ai
bank—but it's nothing when you are out here in the stands watching these
kids like Wagner and Lajoie and Matty flop around."
We saw him again a few days ago. and we hardly knew him. He looked
to be beyond sixty. He looked wrinkled and tired. In a year he had put
on over ten years. He was looking across the field in a listless way. We
thought at first he had probably come upon some serious illness.
"No," he said. "I haven't been sick, but I guess I'm n.ot as young as 1
thought'l was. But I never realized it until a few days ago—until I looked
over the box scores to see how I.ajoie, Wagner, Evers and Matty were get
' ting along. But all 1 saw was Ward and Grover and Massey and Schneider
where the'old bunch used to be"
"Ward and Grover and Massey and Schneider in. place of Wagner, Lajoie,
Evers and Matty—and I had been thinking they were still just a lot of
kids"
Sport and Youth
Sport comes closer than anything eise to being that fabled fountain of
eternal youth which Fonce de Leon hunted for over a sportless waste.
This last winter at Pinehurst w'e watched two golfers leave the first tee.
One was seventy and the other was seventy-three. But neither looked to be
a day over fifty-five. Both were tanned a healthy brown —and the eyes of
both still carried the vital spark.
| "I remember," remarked an oldtimer. "when these first started coming
here, over fifteen years ago. They looked older than they look to-day, an.d
in everything except years they were."
The sun and the wind and the open places, mixed with the spirit of play,
are the great Youth makers.
And not even three score years and ten can hold them down.
The Wild Ball
A short time ago the Boston Braves suddenly began, an exhibition of wild
pegging. Maranville threw far over Konetchy. and Koney, in turn, pegged
over Massey at second into center field. As Kelley's return to third went far
to the left of Red Smith, Sherwood Magee, in a fog-horn voice, sounded the
alarm —
"My God," he yelled, "the ball's wild. Cage it! Cage it!"
Song of the Stalwart
Beaten —but never broken;
Battered —but without shame;
Xo laurel crest for the token •
■ if how we played the game;
No laurel—save in the knowing
< >f brave hearts after the fall.
We fought the fight—and the cause was right—
And that is the sum of all.
Beaten —but still unbending;
Battered—but never down;
Heady for fight unending,
With never a thought of crown;
• ne with the oft-defeated.
But sweet from the gory wall
We form again for the charge like men
For that is the sum of all.
Wagner, Lajoie, Matty. Walsh, Brown—all over the hill. But the old
Ghost of Gettysburg—one Eddie Flank—still flounders along, using his left
arm largely for the purpose.
No wonder those old-time Mackmen were unbeatable. There's John Wes
ley Coombs and Eddie Plank still winning for the Dodgers and the Browns;
Barry, the mainstay of the Red Sox; Collins, the star of the White Sox;
Baker, the storm center of the Yanks —with no less than five ball clubs
bolstered up by the talent that once grew and bloomed in Connie's ancient
orchard. In those days Connie had four or five good ball clubs packed and
jammed into one.
A few days ago some one asked John Lawrence Sullivan what he thought
of present-day fighters. John Lawrence told him. But on account of the
strict war time censorship now prevailing we can't tell you here what John
Lawrence said.
Just a suggestion—Benny Leonard vs. Freddie Welsh —25 per cent, of the
receipts to the Red Cross fund. Yes? No?
Golfers will And that wielding a pick while preparing divots for potatoes
is a great developer for "taking turf." You can't beat it.
Charles Herzog Kicks
at Chewing Gum and
Gets a Bad Fall
Philadelphia, April 26. Charley
Herzog. the star second baseman of
the Xew York National League base
ball team, fell in the Pennsylvania
station In Xew York to-day, while
jenroute with his team to this city.
and suffered serious injury. Herzog
noticed a piece of chewing gum
•on the marble floor of the station
and he kicked at it. His feet
slipped and he fell heavily. The
player came to Philadelphia and was
taken to a hotel where a physi
cian, who made an examination said
he had injured the lower part of
his spine, but he could not say how
seriously. Herzog will be out of the
game for several days at least.
Philadelphia Golfers to
Cut All Tennis Contests
Philadelphia. April 26. —Philadel-
phia golfers will probably follow the
action of the Metropolitan Golf As
sociation of Xew York, and declare
fcll tournaments off for the duration
of the war.
While no meeting of the com
mittee appointed a month ago to
| consider the war question has been
held the opinion of Robert W.
Lesley, president of the Philadel
phia association and chairman of
the war committee, is that if the
situation becomes more acute, it
would be unfair to the golfers that
j enlist to award championship prizes
to the contestants who do not enter
ia branch of the service.
I'KXXSY TEAMS HERE FRIDAY
The Altoona Car Shop live and
the Philadelphia General Office team
i will battle on the Chestnut Street
Auditorium floor on Friday night for
i the championship of the Pennsyl
vania system, according to an an
' nouncement made late yesterday.
I Each of the teams have >won a game
Ito date. An Eastern League referee
; will officiate.
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Former Local Star Weds
Popular Waynesboro Girl
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Waynesboro, Pa., April 26. J.
Keefer Snyder, Greencastle, well
known in baseball circles, and Miss
Mildred M. Elkin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William G. Elkin, of this
place, were married in Cumberland,
Md., by the Rev. Eugene P. Skyles,
pastor of St. Mark's Reformed
Church. After a wedding trip the
young couple will go to Altoona,
where they will reside. Mrs. Sny
der had charge of the telephone ex
change in the Landis Tool Com
pany's office here, and was a very
popular young woman.
Mr. Snyder is well known here,
and throughout this section as a star
ball player. _ For the past two sea
sons he was a star outfielder on the
Chambersburg team of the Blue
Ridge League. At one time he play
ed with Harrisburg.
Several years ago he played for
Waynesboro as outfielder for the
Emerson-Brantingham team. Be
sides being a star as a player he has
always proved to be the life of his
team. His wit on the sidelines has
always been a feature.
Mr. Snyder now plays with the Al
toona team of the Pennsylvania rail
road. This team jnays in Hagerstown \
May 3, 4 and 5.
Yesterday's Baseball Scores
SPORTS
YESTERDAYS B B SCORES—I4pt
National Lrnsue
At Philadelphia—
New Y0rk,..0 0 3 X 0 0 1 4 o—9 13 2
Phila 0 1223000 o—B 11 2
Batteries—Perritt and McCarty; Al
exander and Killifer. Umpires, O'Day
and Bransfield.
At Brooklyn—
Boston 0 0201 201 o—6 11 3
Brooklyn... 0 0 0 0 oT: 0 o—6 13 3
Batteries Rudolph and Gowdy;
Marquard and Meyers. Umpires. Quig
ley and Harrison.
At Cincinnati—
Chicago, ...10000021 o—4 7 2
Cincinnati, .00001100 o—2 11 2
Batteries—Vaugh and Elliott; Schnei
der and Stuhn. Umpires, Klemm and
Emslie.
At St. Louis—
Pittsburgh, ..4 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 3—lo 13 2
St. Louis 110300200 I—Bl4 6
Batteries—Miller and Fischer; Mead
ows and Snyder. Umpires, Ott and
Rigler.
American I.rasme
At New Y'ork—
Phila 0 00 00100 3—4 9 1
New York, .0001 1000 o—2 7 0
Batteries—Noyes and Schang; Rus
sell and Nunemacher. Umpires, Ow
ens and Dineen.
At Boston—
Washingt'n 00110200 o—4 6 3
Boston 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 Ox—s 7 2
Batteries—Ayers and Henry; Ruth
and Thomas. Umpires, McCormick
and Connolly.
At Chicago—
Cleveland, .100 0 0 3 0 0 o—3 10 2
Chicago, ...00001000 o—l 5 0
Batteries—Coombe3 and O'Neill; Ci
cotte and Schalk. Umpires, Evans and
Nallin.
At Detroit—
Game postponed, rain.
RESULTS OK YESTERDAY'S GAMES
National I.eaicup
New York, 9; Philadelphia, 8.
Boston. 6; Brooklyn, 0 (12 innings,
darkness).
Chicago. 4; Cincinnati, 2.
Pittsburgh, 10; St. Louis, 8; (10 in
nings).
American I.eaeur
Philadelphia. 4; "New York, 3.
Boston, 5; Washington, 4.
Cleveland. 4; Chicago. 1.
Detroit-St. Louis (rain).
International I.ratnie
Newark. 4; Toronto, 3.
Providence, 8: Rochester, 7.
Baltimore, 7; Buffalo, 6 (11 innings).
Richmond, 10; Montreal. 9.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
National l.caiiuc
New York 3t Philadelphia.
I Boston at Brooklyn."
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
American I.eaßUc
Philadelphia at New York.
Washington at Boston.
St. Louis at Detroit.
Cleveland at Chicago.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
American I.eneue
Philadelphia at New York.
Washington at Boston.
St. Louis at Detroit.
Cleveland at Chicago.
National l.rnmio
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
Chicago at St. Louis.
STANDING OK THE CI,I BS
National l.ranue
W. L. P.C.
New York 8 2 .800
St. Louis 9 5 .643
Boston 5 4 .566
Chicago 8 6 .571
Cincinnati 7 8 .467
Brooklyn 3 6 .333
Pittsburgh 5 10 .333
Philadelphia 3, 7 .300
American Leaeue
W. JJ. P.C.
Chicago, 9 3 .750
Boston. 7 4 .636
New York 6 4 .600
Cleveland 6 6 .30u
St. Louis 5 6 .455
Philadelphia 6 7 .417
Washington 4 7 .364
Detroit 3 8 .273
SUSPENSION FOB GIDDO
Utica, N. Y., April 26. Mike
Glddo, of Wilkes-Barre, the catcher
and utility man of the Barons, whom
the local New York State League
team bought from Calhoun, was sus
pended by Manager McConnell be
cause of his refusal to report Cor
spring practice.
RECORDS MA
AT PENN RELAYS;
STARS ARE
Philadelphia. April 26—Pennsvlva- I
nin's great two-day relay race carni- |
val Friday and Saturday, in >spite of j
the defections of a few major col
leges. duo to the war, will bring to
gether a wonderful lot of athletes,
and world's records are bound to get
their annual shaking up at this meet.
For many years the relay carnival
has occupied a unique position in
Americtn track and Held sports. It
is the one meet that is truly repre
sentative of Jhis great country of
ours.
Started back in 1595 l>y Frank R.
Ellis, the idea of relay racing at once |
became popular, and Pennsylvania's'
meet has developed into the greatest I
athletic meet that is staged any place 1
in tlie world annually. Mail it not |
been for the war, these games would
have brought together the finest lot
of athletes that has ever been seen
on any Held, even counting the pre
vious Olympic games that have taken
place.
Kxpeet \cm Hoeortln
In several of the contests new rec
ords are quite likely to be made, in
spite of the fact that the present fig
ures on the books seem to be almost
unbeatable. Simpson, of Missouri, Is
out to make a new record for the
high hurdles. He has been going
very fast in practice recently.
The best entrv that has been re
TO BAR COACHES
AS OFFICIALS
FOR FOOTBALL
Philadelphia, April 26. —James A.
Babbit, of Haverford College, chair
man of the Central Football Board,
to which is designated each year the
task of appointing and assigning of
ficials for the intercollegiate games,
has written a letter to David C.
Morrow, the Washington and Jeff
erson assistant coach for next year,
that the board will not hereafter
appoint as officials football men who
are engaged in coaching.
Morrow, as well as a number of
the old stars who have been officiat
ing in recent years, is requested, in
view of the fact that he is to en
gage in coaching next year, to with
draw his name for the present from
Third Baseman Vitt Is
Ready to Play With Tigers
Detroit. April 26.—Oscar Vitt,
star third baseman of the Detroit
Americans, has come to terms with
President Navin. Vitt is expected to
join the Detroit club at Chicago in
time to play next Saturday.
It was announced that both Navin
and Vitt "had made concessions."
During the winter Vitt rejected a
contract which, it is understood, of
fered him a salary of $5,000. It was
reported that Vitt wanted $ 6,000.
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| ceived for many years will face the
I starter in the 100-yard dash. Smith,
of Wisconsin, the western champion,
with a record of 9 4-5 seconds; Hoyt,
of Grinnell; Butler, of Dubuque, and
Kelly, of Holy Cross, also with 9 4-5
seconds, are in this event, with other
fast men. Ten seconds has l#jen
' beaten at the relays on only two oc
casions. namely, by Arthur Puffy, in
1900 and 1902. This time will proba
bly be made next Saturday If the
conditions are good.
otlicr Title Event*
! In addition to the American cham
| plonsliip relays, there will be scores
!of other fine races. One of the best
I will be that for the relay champlon
i ship of the Middle Atlantic States
1 Collegiate A. A. Swarthniore, I.ehigh,
j Lafayette, Rutgers, Dickinson and
New York University are in this
event. There are six other college
class rases. There are fourteen high
school races, eight preparatory school
races, eight grammar school races, not
counting the high school relay cham
pionship of America and the grammar
and parochial school championship of
; Philadelphia. In all there are seven
ty-one events listed for Friday and
Saturday. More than 350 teams are
entered for the two days, a larger
number than ever known before.
the official list unless he expects to
officiate regularly.
The Central Board. Dr. Babbit
says, is revising, correcting and
bringing up to date its list of offi
cials, which it hopes to make the
best.the coming season it has ever
presented. It is pointed out that ap
proximately but 1,000 appointments
are to be made during the coming
season throughout the country, and
for this reason it is hoped to have
only men of known ability and those
who can be counted upon to till any
appointment at any time.
Men engaged in • coaching, it is
shown would be unable at times to
fulfill engagements to which they
might be assigned. This will affect
many who were prominent last sea
son.
West Point Cuts Sports,
Cancels All Schedules
West Point, April 26.—War plans
have now cut into athletics at West
Point.
Following an order issued at the
Naval Academy last week, Secretary
of War Baker has now ordered that
all athletic competitions between the
United States Military Academy and
outside colleges be canceled.
The cadets had fourteen baseball
games and the full lawn tennis sched
ule still to play.
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'APRIL'2fi, 1017.
WELLYS
Now is tho time to get busy and
give George Cockill a boost. The
ticket books are out and there should
l>e a large sale. Harrisburg's reputa
tion as a baseball city must be main
tained. At Elmira 600 books were
sold In three weeks. Everybody had
a hand In helping along the good
work.
Someone will get a season ticket
free to all games at Island Park.
Fans like to guess, and they are
sending in totals for the Harrisburg
lames for the firpt two weeks. The
lucky guesser gets the prize. May 1,
is tho last day to file a guess.
The National A. C did not get a
good start last night Local light
fans want something a whole lot
better than that otrored on the open
ing program. Matchmaker Herman
(Muggsy) Taylor said he had noth
ing to do with tlie preliminaries He
did sign up the wind-up match,
which was only an ordinary boxing
exhibition. Local patrons want real
lighting.
President Judge George Kunkct
had the honor of buying the first
baseball book for this season. Sec
retary Frank Seiss of the local club,
turned it over yesterday. Judge Kun
kel is an ardent fan and has always
been a big booster l'or the local
teams.
At tho present time the leading col
leges that have absolutely abandon
ed intercollegiate athletics, that have
in fact, abandoned athletics of al
most every sort —except tennis—arc
Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, |
Tech Sophs Lose Out
in Game With Academy;
Eleven Inning Battle
Tech Sophs lost their first game to
Harrisburg Academy, score 4 to 3.
It was a red hot eleven-inning battle,
each side showing a remarkable pace
for so early in the season. The
Sophs hit the ball hard. Fast field
ing by Academy prevented more
runs. Twelve Tech 'men were left
on bases.
For Tech. Bender, Ilinkle and
Forna excelled. F. Moody, Phillips
and Warden were Academy stars.
Fortna struck out six men and
Moody two. Academy hit limely.
The line-up and summary:
TECH SOPHS. R. H. O. A. E.
Weavodon, If rt 3 $ 0 0
Bender, 3 b 0 3 3 2 1
Hinkle, 2b 1 2 4 3 1
Hoerner, ss 0 2 1 2 1
Fellows, lb 0 2 9 0 0
Landis, rf 2 3 2 0 0
Ellinger, cf 0 1 3 0 0
Hawbaker, c 0 3 6 2 0
Fortna, p 0 2 0 3 0
Total 3 21 30 12 3
ACADEMY. R. H. O. A. E.
A. Laudermilch, If. . 0 0 6 0 0
Phillips, 3b 0 0 5 3 0
Stone, 2b 0 1 2 1 1
F. Moody, ss 2 2 2 1 1
Warden, lb o 111 0 0
W. Laudermilch, rf. 0 1 10 0
O'Neill, cf 1 2 1 0 0
Arnold, c 0 1 3 0 0
W. Moody, p 1 1 2 0 0
Total 4 9 33 5 2
Tech Sophs 01001100 o—3
i Academy 01101001 x—4
Dartmouth, Columbia, Annapolis,
West Point. Michigan and Wiscon
sin. Harvard has moved for re
sumption, and perhaps others will
follow her example.
In the meantime I.ehigh,
Pennsylvania State,
Gettysburg, Dickinson, Tufts, Rut
gers, Williams, Amberst, Pennsylva
nia, Colgate, Holy Cross, Fordliam,
Georgetown, Villanova, Ursinus, Sus
quehanna, Delaware, Stevens Insti
tute, Boston College, Albright, Leba
non Academy, Georgia Tech and oth
er southern belt institutions, and
most of the western scats of learning
have retained their teams in various
sports and are playing intercollegiate
games.
Bucknell will play its second regu
lar game of the season on the Lewis
burg campus Saturday afternoon
with the Harrisburg team of the
New York Stato League, which has
been practicing on Bucknell Campus.
The teams have already met In sev
eral practice innings. Harrisburg
fans are looking with' much interest
toward this first renl contest of the
season for their team.
Battling Levinsky, the light heavy
weight champion of the world, will
meet Leo Houck in a six-round con
test at York. May 14. When tho bat
tler steps into the ring with the pride
of Lancaster, the boxing fans will see
in action the cleverest man sinco Jim
Corbett. Levinsky has fought and
whipped every man, white or black,
that could be signed up,to meet him.
Houck has a twelve-round decision
over Levinsky and tho champion la
anxious to wipe out that score.
Governor Cox Calls Off
Darcy-Chip Title Battle
By Associated Press
Columbus, 0., April 26. Gover
nor James M. Cox to-day issued an
order forbidding the Les Darcy-
George Chip prize fight which was
to have been held at Youngstown,
May 12.
In calling off the fight, Governor
Cox stated that "Ohio would doubt
less appear singularly Indifferent to
present conditions if it permitted the
contest."
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